Ear of Corn
Unidentified Wari (Huari) maker
Inca Period (1483-1533)
Corn
Overall: 2 11/16 × 13/16 in. (6.8 × 2.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, Class of 1921W
165.3.15557
Geography
Place Made: Pachacamac, Peru, South America
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Plant Remains
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 50.50, Archaeology of Food, Jiajing Wang, Spring 2022
Provenance
Collected by Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, (1899-1976), Class of 1921, United States Ambassador to Peru, 1955-1956; Mrs. Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, 3 Pleasant Street, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1965.
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